N.Y. Election Law § 14-104: Statements of campaign receipts, contributions, transfers and expenditures by and to candidates

§ 14-104. Statements of campaign receipts, contributions, transfers

and expenditures by and to candidates. 1. Any candidate for election to

public office, or for nomination for public office at a contested

primary election or convention, or for election to a party position at a

primary election, shall file statements sworn, or subscribed and bearing

a form notice that false statements made therein are punishable as a

class A misdemeanor pursuant to section 210.45 of the penal law, at the

times prescribed by this article setting forth the particulars specified

by section 14-102 of this article, as to all moneys or other valuable

things, paid, given, expended or promised by him or her to aid his or

her own nomination or election, or to promote the success or defeat of a

political party, or to aid or influence the nomination or election or

the defeat of any other candidate to be voted for at the election or

primary election or at a convention, including contributions to

political committees, officers, members or agents thereof, and

transfers, receipts and contributions to him or her to be used for any

of the purposes above specified, or in lieu thereof, any such candidate

may file such a sworn statement at the first filing period, on a form

prescribed by the state board of elections that such candidate has made

no such expenditures and does not intend to make any such expenditures,

except through a political committee authorized by such candidate

pursuant to this article. Such candidate may designate a committee of no

less than three persons who shall be authorized to appoint and remove

the treasurer of any authorized committee of the candidate. The

designation or revocation of the committee shall be evidenced in a

writing filed with the state board of elections by the candidate

authorizing the committee. The candidate may revoke such designation at

any time. A committee authorized by such a candidate may fulfill all of

the filing requirements of this act on behalf of such candidate.

2. Statements filed by any political committee authorized by a

candidate pursuant to this article which is required to file such

statements with any board of elections shall file all such statements

pursuant to the electronic reporting system prescribed by the state

board of elections as set forth in subdivision nine-A of section 3-102

of this chapter. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subdivision,

upon the filing of a sworn statement by the treasurer of a political

committee authorized by a candidate pursuant to this article which

states that such committee does not have access to the technology

necessary to comply with the electronic filing requirements of

subdivision nine-A of section 3-102 of this chapter and that filing by

such means would constitute a substantial hardship for such committee,

the state board of elections may issue an exemption from the electronic

filing requirements of this article.

4. Political communications required to be filed with the state board

of elections pursuant to section 14-106 of this article or subdivision

five of section 14-107 of this article may be filed electronically with

the state board of elections.